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346: The number of pages in the book, whose index may be longer than the full text of other fishing guides you may have run across.
228: The number of Connecticut rivers and streams profiled in the book, each and every one of them personally visited and explored by the author.
117: The number of Connecticut lakes and ponds profiled in the book.
32: The number of detailed maps for accessing those rivers and streams (and lakes and ponds, too).
29: The number of Flyfisher's Guides for other states published by Montana-based [url "http://www.greenwichtime.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=sports&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Wilderness+Adventure+Press%22"]Wilderness Adventure Press[/url].
8: The number of Connecticut counties the author spent considerable time in while researching the book (that's all of them).
1: The number of years it took to research and write the book, during which Merly spent many a night sleeping in the back of his pickup truck while exploring obscure streams like the Podunk (yes, there is one), which flows out of the [url "http://www.greenwichtime.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=sports&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Niederwerfer+Wildlife+Sanctuary%22"]Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary[/url] in South Windsor, and surprisingly pristine Oil Mill Brook in Waterford.
Read more: [url "http://www.ctpost.com/sports/article/Merly-did-plenty-of-legwork-for-amazing-book-3413780.php#ixzz1pSlAv9pq"]http://www.ctpost.com/sports/article/Merly-did-plenty-of-legwork-for-amazing-book-3413780.php#ixzz1pSlAv9pq[/url]
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228: The number of Connecticut rivers and streams profiled in the book, each and every one of them personally visited and explored by the author.
117: The number of Connecticut lakes and ponds profiled in the book.
32: The number of detailed maps for accessing those rivers and streams (and lakes and ponds, too).
29: The number of Flyfisher's Guides for other states published by Montana-based [url "http://www.greenwichtime.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=sports&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Wilderness+Adventure+Press%22"]Wilderness Adventure Press[/url].
8: The number of Connecticut counties the author spent considerable time in while researching the book (that's all of them).
1: The number of years it took to research and write the book, during which Merly spent many a night sleeping in the back of his pickup truck while exploring obscure streams like the Podunk (yes, there is one), which flows out of the [url "http://www.greenwichtime.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=sports&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Niederwerfer+Wildlife+Sanctuary%22"]Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary[/url] in South Windsor, and surprisingly pristine Oil Mill Brook in Waterford.
Read more: [url "http://www.ctpost.com/sports/article/Merly-did-plenty-of-legwork-for-amazing-book-3413780.php#ixzz1pSlAv9pq"]http://www.ctpost.com/sports/article/Merly-did-plenty-of-legwork-for-amazing-book-3413780.php#ixzz1pSlAv9pq[/url]
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